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The commencement date of the amendments has not yet been proclaimed. File photo.
BUSINESS

Bill mandating pay gap disclosure for state-owned enterprises should make workers happier, says expert

State-owned companies will have to disclose data on their highest and lowest paid employees in an effort to solve wage disparities and be more transparent

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
Anele Ngcongca of South Africa during the Orange AFCON, Morocco 2015 Final Round Qualifier match between South Africa and Nigeria at Cape Town Stadium on September 10, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images)
ANELE NGCONGCA

South African football has lost a feminist in Anele Ngcongca

The Bafana Bafana defender valued women who loved sport

  • Siwaphiwe Myataza
4 min read
Only 6% of the 329 chief executives at JSE listed companies are women.
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

White men still rule and earn more

Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
World Economic Forum report ranks South Africa among the countries with the worst record of upward social mobility — with poor education, health and unfair or low wages being the key factors. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
ECONOMIC

Shake up institutions controlling the economy to dislodge inequality

The state uses policies and regulations to drive socioeconomic change, but market bias dominates

  • Eddie Rakabe
5 min read
CHARLES R STITH

Real estate isn’t sexy, but in South Africa it’s serious

Being able to own property will help close the wealth gap between black and white people

  • Charles R Stith
4 min read